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I've been remote working for 12 years. My opinion as to a successful remote working relationship is as follows: - Trust. You need to build it on both sides.
by junto 10y ago
I've been remote working for 12 years. My opinion as to a successful remote working relationship is as follows:
- Trust. You need to build it on both sides. Your employer
needs to trust you to deliver what they expect. You need
to trust your employer to build their team to include you
even though you're sometimes not so visible.
- Space. Get yourself out of the home office and into a
local coworking space. You'll thank me for it, otherwise
you'll go slowly crazy at home.
- Daily contact. Make sure you have daily contact with
other members of your team. If you're Agile, then a daily
standup by video feed helps people to remember you exist!
- cagmz 10y agoWhat's the difference between being onsite and working 'remotely' at a coworking space?
- kowdermeister 10y agoYou get to pick 'everything'. Your desk, chair, co-working space, schedule. On-site can be 1-2 hours of commute, while you can find a co-working space in 15 mins of walking distance maybe.
- robotresearcher 10y agoHow many interesting tech employers are based in Whistler? For Whistler, substitute the tropical island, rural idyll, or cheap city you prefer.
- tlavoie 10y agoI've been working for my company* for nine years, last two remote. My move was absolutely for lifestyle reasons, and was supported thoroughly by my managers of the day, and my current manager still. What has been interesting to watch though is the culture clash that happened when my employer was acquired by a similar company without a remote workforce, where we'd always had some. My original company has essentially gone away as the office was closed, keeping only remote employees. A few from that city were kept, and too are now remote from the head office thousands of km away. I had the advantage of already being remote, and kept because I provide value. I don't know how likely it is though that new remote employees will get hired. As an ironic twist, the HR director is one of the newly-remote employees without an office base.
- junto 10y agoFor me it's about 1000 kilometres.
- pmontra 10y agoThe coworking thing depends on how you setup your life outside work. Find many things to do and you'll be OK. But if you work at home and spend the rest of your time at home, that could be bad. Spending one or two days at a coworking space could still be good to find customers, if you're a freelancer, or just to chat with somebody at the coffee machine.
- altuzar 10y agoLoved your advise. I've been working remotely for almost 2 years and will never go back to an office, but it's good to still have a relationship in a coworking space and weekly meetings with everyone.
- junto 10y agoExactly. I still get the office social life, and regularly chat to fellow co-workers by the coffee machine or go to lunch together, but I only have to walk two minutes round the block to get to work. My primary client is in another country so commuting wouldn't be viable anyway.